Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-08
AM1sSOURIAN's VIEW OF THE "GOL'
DEN WEST" AND THE ROUTE he
TOOK TO REACH 1T, WITH A
FEW SKETCHES OF WHAT BE
SAW AND FELT WHILE EN-
JOYING A TWO MONTHS
STAY WITH FRIENDS
ON THE SHORES OF
THE PACIFIC.

HDxxOn
beheld Oelmonte by gas light, having
reached it just before night fall. The
next morning we were up before our
fair companions andtook a stroll around
the grounds looking at their beauties,
natural and artificial. The hotel
grounds embrace nearly two hundred
acres, and these are very tas tefully laid
of into walks, and play gro unds and
hower-beds and rockeries, and gardens
and boating ponds, and off on the
beash ZONE half mile a bath house
whittier mon, women and children go
to battle in the salt water. 1t was a de-
Nghtful morning. The thermometer
stood at 81 degrees. The old live oaks
and pines that once held sway over
these beautiful grounds were filled
with feathered songsters, and the air
was laden with the sweet odor Of the
flowers that bloomed in richest pro-
fusion in every direction. / never saw
such magnificent flowers in all my life.
A. soon as I stepped out on one of the
many piszzas that encircled the Del
monte, my eyes were greeted with the
gayest hower-garden that a be i'm
ARMED. Just to the right of the main
entrance to the hotel the rules of the
hotel were growing i'll sweet variegated
jHoHars, indicating the variety and
1ess, and on the left of the same
366 you could read a choice bit of
indicating the heartiest welcome
Il S&fdpcoming guests. The hotel pro-
prietors were preparing for the Grand
Army people who were expected i'll
August succeeding, and they had put
on . holiday dress. John Chinaman
vas to be seen here and there upon the
grounds picking up the dried Leave
that had fallen from the trees, and
sweeping of the walks and pulling up
weeds and clipping off stray twigs and
watering and sprinkiing the grounds
where it was needed, and everything
was cared for out OF doors, Just as the
good housekeeper cares for her house
Indoors. Everything about the whole
place presented an inviting appearance
The hotel is d large wooden structure
two-stories high, with 7erandus all
around it, and very tightly ornamented
with large windows and nigh ceilings,
containing nearly 400 rooms, including
dining rooms. Upon the lawn in front
of the hotel were tents and croeuet
grounds and DO :, ling alleys, and the
pond was filled with fish for the de-
light of the angler. and boats for the
rowers. Fountains and water jets were
to be seen in all parts Of the grounds,
and everything save the flowers all!
walks and buildings from the tops OF
the tall trees to the beautiful grass
s.tyvards were fresh and green. Some
nooplez must have Observation-Disclosures
I66f And HaEss or they are 10
-s1epaiRea-&
DeImonte . month and have been de.
lighted with what l saw and heard ht
tasted and yet not have engaged for ;
moment in any of the ganes provided
for her guests. Old Monterey is abou
II miles from Delmonte. Ii Is al oi,
Spanish town, originally built up viii
adobe buildings covered with thing
Some of these old buildings are still
standing there, and in use too. Anon!
the number was an old Catholic churcI
said to be more than q hundred year
old. The Fourth of July is a grea
day with the people of Monterey.
was here that Commodore j. d. Sloa
raised the American flag in 1916. all
thereby saved California to our coul
try by being only a few hours iii sd
vance of an English admiral who wa
On his way to the same town to rails
the English flag in the name of b
government. When he came in si0l
Of Monterey and saw the America
stars and stripes wavingin beauty owe
the old town, he turned aside mortifie
and disguised at the haste of the va,
- kse who had preceded him. In the a
ternoon of July IA, we mounted
large spring wagon drawn by tour tr
horses, handled by a skillful driver an
drove through old Monterey. SGi
adorned with tine flowers and eve
green's with which it was decked c
the Fourth, and passing under an eve
green arch that spanned the princip
street., and under that American wor